I currently don't own any "Forward Look" cars ... but for my first post, I thought I'd share a few pics of some of the '55 thru '59 Chrysler products that we have owned in the past ...

My father's "daily driver" in the late 50s was this (Mild Custom) 1955 Plymouth Belvedere 4-door: 
 

I can't find any decent pics of my grandfather's 1956 Chyrsler New Yorker 4-door (but I'll keep looking).  He bought it new ... special ordered it with a leather interior (not available on any 4-door models) and took delivery of it at the factory ... I guess Chrysler used to actually take care of their loyal customers!

One of the three '57 Chryslers we owned was this "Jet Black" 1957 Chrysler 300 C Coupe (VIN: 3N572873) ... which I sold to John & Christie Lazenby in 1995:

We had two '58 Chryslers ... this "Mesa Tan" 1958 Chrysler 300 D Coupe (VIN: LC4 1165) ... which I sold to Gary Campilongo in 1991:

... and this (originally) "Ermine White" 1958 Chrysler 300 D Coupe (VIN: LC4 1251) ... which my father sold (less FI emblems) to automotive artist Thom Taylor in 1990 ... in 1994 it was sold to David Hunn:

My parents "daily driver" from 1960 through 1965 was this 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible:

Thank you ... my (late) father was a professional photographer by trade ... so I do have a substantial collection of automotive photographs & slides.

According to Chrysler records, our "Fuelie" wasn't one of the 16-21 300 D's originally equipped with a Bendix Electrojector unit ... its "FI" emblems were the only items suggesting that it may have been "slated" to be a Fuelie car ... nothing under the hood showed any evidence that its 392 HEMI was ever fed via an EFI ... though I somewhat remember that the trunk had some funky cutout (perhaps for the Electrojector fuel pump?).

catman - 2009-04-27 10:07 PM
Looks like your father was the rodder/custom kind !!!!! Kool.

photo by Andy Southard Jr.

I have many more pics of this car through the years ... but since Customs are probably a bit O/T for this website, decided to not post them.

Thanks ... it does feel like home ... I've been lurking here for years ... but since I no longer own any FL cars, never thought it appropriate to join ... then today, I really needed to search the forums ... so I signed up!

Dude!  Please post Customs and Rods!  Not everyone here wants to only see resto's, there's room enough for everyone (this isn't the Packard Club LOL!).  And definately we're glad to have you here, doesn't matter wether you own you or not, not everyone here has one, yet they contribute just as everyone else.

Jay

I have both of these R&C articles (and dozens of other images of the car) on my Photobucket site ... when a get "a round tuit", I'll start a new thread devoted entirely to the Inman Chrysler.

Hi Todd,

Wayne Graefen here.  Drove John Lazenby over when we first looked at your C.  Hope your mom is well.  See you on the HAMB.

OK ... I'll probably regret this ... but by popular demand, I'll post a few pics of one of my "non-FL" cars ...

... a 1932 Ford Standard (5-window) Coupe (aka a "Deuce 5wd Coupe") built by my father ... he bought it (less its engine) for $40 in 1954 ... threw away the fenders, hood, bumpers, etc. ... channeled the body 6" in front, 8+" in rear ... and put a 1953 Chrysler (331ci) HEMI in it ... in 1956, he chopped the top 2.5" ... in 1975, we put the 1958 Chrysler Imperial (392ci) HEMI and the 1969 Dodge HEMI Torque-flite that it still runs today ... here's a couple pics of my Hot Rod:

Circa 1958

Circa 2006

... and here's a couple pics of its '58 Chrysler Imperial 392ci HEMI ... an A-1 block, .060 overbore (404.5 cu), interior deburred and painted, oil galleys opened up, 10 qt. DONZ oil pan, Milodon oil pump, polished rods, TRW 10.5:1 forged pistons, Federal Mogul bearings, Perfect Circle chrome rings, balanced by Ashland, Racer Brown cam (286 degree duration, 0.485 lift):

Circa 1975 (with 4 Stromberg 97's on a CRAGAR intake)    Present day (with a single Holley 4bbl on a stock intake)

NOTE: Before anyone gets their underpants in a bunch, the donor '58 Imperial was in a wrecking yard ... and totally unsalvageable!

I will agree that the look of my HEMI-powered Deuce coupe has definitely changed throughout the years ... it has been a natural progression ... I'm actually partial to its early '60s configuration:

Circa 1964

I still have those American Racing (Magnesium) Torq-Thrust & Torq-Thrust "LeMans" wheels ... and plan to run them on the car again!

I also plan on getting a set of WWWs (with Lancer cross bar style hubcaps) mounted up so I can somewhat reproduce its late '50s look (sans black primer and the 331 HEMI).